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CRITICAL QUESTIONS
Your mission is:
  • go to a search engine of your choice.
  • Do a quick key word search on your topic.
  • Choose any website at random and ask the questions below.
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Record your answers on the document in the equiry folder.

C

CONSEQUENCES

CONSISTENCY

CURRENCY

What are the consequences of believing this?
How consistent is the information compared to other sources? Is there a bibliography?
Does the site link to other sources of info about my topic? How current is the info?
Is the site updated regularly
A
ASSUMPTIONS
ACCURACY
AUTHORSHIP
AUDIENCE

What assumptions have been made here?
How accurate is the data/information?
Who is the author? What are the author’s credentials
Who is the intended audience?
M
MEANING

MAIN POINTS

What are the main points here?

What isn’t here?
P
PREJUDICE
POINT OF VIEW
PROVIDER
PURPOSE

Who is the provider of the information – is it the site .edu/ .com/ .org/ .gov?
What is the author’s point of view or bias? What is the other point of view?
Purpose of the site – inform/persuade/explain?
E
EVIDENCE

EXAMPLES

What evidence is given to support the claims?

What examples are given to back up claims?
R
RELEVANCE

RELIABILITY

How relevant is this site to my research/key questions?
Is the site reliable – easy to navigate, clear and quick to download?